Print and prepress
Get the artwork to the printer intact
Print-ready files are large because they have to be, and a service that resamples an image on the way has quietly changed what will come off the press.
A clearer transfer
Fast to send. Simple to receive.
Nothing is recompressed
No image resampling, no colour conversion, no flattening. The file the printer opens is the file you exported.
Printers without accounts
Trade printers receive a browser link. There is nothing to install and no sign-up between them and the job.
Proof it was collected
Download feedback shows the artwork was taken, which is useful when a deadline is measured in hours.
What prepress needs
Why print files are heavy
Resolution and bleed add up
Artwork at 300dpi with bleed and crop marks is several times the size of the same design exported for screen. A large-format poster at full size runs into hundreds of megabytes on its own.
Packaged documents are folders
An InDesign package is the document plus its Links and Document fonts folders. Send it as a folder and those stay where the layout expects them.
PDF/X exists to remove guesswork
A PDF/X export fixes colour intent and embeds fonts so the printer is not deciding on your behalf. That only holds if the file arrives byte for byte, which it does here.
Reprints depend on the file still being there
A job often comes back months later. A transfer with a long expiry, or an archived copy, is cheaper than asking the client to find the artwork again.
Proofs and production files are different deliveries
A low-resolution proof for sign-off and the print-ready file are two things. Sending them as separate transfers stops the wrong one reaching the press.
The expensive mistake
A resampled image is discovered on the press
Nothing warns you. The proof looks right on a screen, the plate is made, and the problem turns up as soft type on a run of ten thousand.
Quick answers
Before you send
The essentials, without another wall of feature cards.
Will colour profiles survive?
Yes. Embedded ICC profiles are part of the file, and the file is not touched.
Can I send a packaged InDesign folder?
Yes. Folder transfers keep the Links and font folders in place.
Is there a size limit for large-format artwork?
Free covers 5GB per transfer and Plus goes to 300GB, which covers billboard artwork comfortably.
Can I password protect artwork before release?
Yes, on the transfer, with an expiry alongside it.
Do you flatten transparency or convert spot colours?
No. Nothing in the file is altered, which is the entire point of a PDF/X export.
Can the printer confirm they have it?
Download feedback shows the file was collected and when.
Try it with the next thing you have to send
Choose the files, share one link, and see what happens after it lands.
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